Stephanies+9+11+Poem



A Final Journey **

The sun is rising, what a beautiful morning. Happy faces, citizens ready to start their work day. I suddenly see something off in the distance. Nothing, I figured, just a stray plane. I continue my desk work, then soon hear a noise. A noise from above, gradually getting closer. Again out the window I look, I see flames, smoke, jetting out of the building above. Screams fill my ears. What’s going on here? I leave my office, join the rest in the mad rush. I fly down the stairs, hear word of the crash, my co-workers and I hear another loud smash. I glance around my shoulder, see rubble coming down. It trips me up then I’m off into the darkness. I lay there in silence, my mind racing. What’s happened to me? I’m worrying about the others, my family I love, will I see them again? As the walls and beams begin to collapse around me, I hear sirens, it becomes harder to breathe. I’m slipping away from this life, slowly letting go. Tell my family I love them, forevermore.

The sun is rising, what a beautiful morning. Happy faces, citizens ready to start their work day. I suddenly see something off in the distance. Nothing, I figured, just a stray plane. I continue my desk work, then soon hear a noise. A noise from above, gradually getting closer. Again out the window I look, I see flames, smoke, jetting out of the building above. Screams fill my ears. What’s going on here? I leave my office, join the rest in the mad rush. I fly down the stairs, hear word of the crash, my co-workers and I hear another loud smash. I glance around my shoulder, see rubble coming down. It trips me up then I’m off into the darkness. I lay there in silence, my mind racing. What’s happened to me? I’m worrying about the others, my family I love, will I see them again? As the walls and beams begin to collapse around me, I hear sirens, it becomes harder to breathe. I’m slipping away from this life, slowly letting go. Tell my family I love them, forevermore.